Shangzhi Xiao, Ph.D., P.E.

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Summary

. Ph.D. degree in construction material (hot-mix asphalt)

. M.S.C.E. degree in geotechnical engineering

. B.E. degree in underground engineering and tunnel engineering

. PE registration in Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky

. 1.5 years' project management of QA / QC testing and inspections

. 3.5 years' geotechnical engineering practice

. 4 years' mixture design, mechanical testing and performance evaluation

on hot-mix asphalt, pavement design, and testing on asphalt binder and

aggregates (Ph.D. study)

. 8 years' structural and geotechnical design practice (P.R. China)

Education

. Ph.D., Civil Engineering (hot-mix asphalt), Purdue University at West

Lafayette, Indiana, 2006

. M.S., Civil Engineering (Geotechnical engineering), Purdue University

at West Lafayette, Indiana, 2002

. M.S. program, Civil Engineering (Geotechnical engineering), University

of Akron, Akron, Ohio, 08/2000~08/2001

. B.E., Underground Engineering and Tunnel Engineering (Underground

Construction), Tongji University, P.R. China, 1992

Professional Registration

. Professional Engineer, Kentucky PE10708856, March 2009

. Professional Engineer, Indiana PE10708856, November 2007

. Professional Engineer, Ohio E-68873, February 2004

. Engineer of Construction Investigation, Department of Electric Power,

China, May 1999

. Civil Engineer, Department of Electric Power, China, July 1997

. Associate Civil Engineer, Department of Electric Power, China, July

1993

Expertise

. Geotechnical Analysis of Complex subsurface Conditions

. Pavement Analysis / Design

. Superpave Mix Design

. Project Management

. Slope Stability Analysis and Remediation Design

. Conventional Foundation Analysis and Design (Bearing Capacity and

Settlement)

. Deep Foundation Analysis and Design (Downward and Uplift bearing

Capacity, Lateral Capacity, Settlement, Downdrag Analysis): Drilled

Shafts, ACIP Piles, Driven Piles and Micropiles)

. Prefabricated Vertical Drain Analysis and Design

. Earth Retaining Structure Analysis and Design: MSE Wall, Sheet Piling

Wall (with and without anchors), Soldier Pile with Lagging, braced

excavation system, Soil Nail Wall

. Laboratory Testing of hot mix asphalt mixtures

Professional Experience

Senior Project Engineer, Building and Earth Sciences, Inc. 01/2009 ~

6/2010

1.5 years -Project management of QA / QC testing and inspections of

construction project: preparing scope of services, preparing weekly and

monthly progress reports, review and consulting of deviations during

construction, review of project plans and specifications, consultation

with the owner and design team associates, attendance of weekly and

monthly progress meetings, oversight of daily testing and inspection

activities for various scopes of testing and inspection services.

As the corporate resource, providing assistance to other braches on

complex geotechnical projects.

Senior Geotechnical Engineer, Resource International, Inc. 03/2005 ~

12/2008

3.5 years - site investigation, geotechnical and foundation engineering

for civil projects from residential, commercial and industrial

buildings/structures, schools, to state highways, city streets, and

parking garages. Responsibilities include (1) project planning,

coordination and supervision of field and laboratory services; (2)

geotechnical analysis and recommendations for conventional shallow

foundations and deep foundations (drilled shaft, augered-cast-in-place

piles, driven piles and micropiles), based on ASD or LRFD, slope

stability and remediation; analysis and design for mechanically

stabilized earth (MSE) wall, reinforced soil slopes (RSS), and deep

excavation retaining structures; (3) report preparation; (4) project

meetings, schedule updates; (5) scope of services development and cost

estimate. Selected projects:

. Slope Stability and Remediation (State Route 513, 41, 52, 73, 125,

247, and 770 in Noble, Adams and Brown Counties). Served as Project

Engineer for Ohio Department of Transportation Emergency Contracts

for twenty-one (21) slope failures, where over 2,500 feet of soil

drilling and over 600 feet of rock drilling were performed. Total

costs for geotechnical consulting services were over $700K.

Responsibilities covered all 21 subprojects and included: (1)

Identified failures, laid out and directed subsurface explorations,

field instrumentation (piezometer and inclinometer readings); (2)

selected samples and laboratory test programs, directed laboratory

testing, and reviewed and analyzed laboratory testing results

(direct shear, unconfined compression and triaxial strength tests);

(3) performed slope stability analyses, remediation analysis and

selected design concepts; (4) prepared project specifications and

engineering reports, directed and reviewed remediation designs.

Remediation solution included: (1) conventional methods, such as

softening the slope by re-grading, increasing the resistance by

constructing shear key or constructing a earth berm at the toe; (2)

Most of the projects utilized drilled shafts with or without panel

retaining wall: tasks including (a) performed stabilization with

drilled shafts analysis utilizing "Analysis on Slope Stabilization

with Drilled Shaft" program (developed by University of Akron); (b)

drilled shaft lateral analysis (LPILE); (c) drilled shaft

structural design (strength and deflection). The biggest challenge

was the stiffness analysis for composite sections of w-flange or H-

pile reinforced concrete shaft; (d) soldier beam with laggings and

panel retaining wall design.

. BUT-75-5.91 Liberty Interchange, Butler County, Ohio. Served as

Senior Project Engineer. Geotechnical exploration for the

modifications of an existing interchange, including 8 ramps (20000

lineal feet) and 5 structures (2 bridges, one culvert, one noise

barrier wall and one soil nail wall), involving 63 borings, over

1000 feet drilling. Responsibilities included analysis and

recommendations for subgrade stabilization, settlement and

stability of embankment, shallow foundation and driven H-piles into

bedrock; structural analysis and design for soil nail wall and

sheet-pile retaining wall (anchored and w/o anchor); analysis,

recommendations and design for drilled shaft foundations for noise

barrier wall and signal poles; report writing for the whole

reports.

. CLI-SR 73-11.80 Wilmington Bypass, Phase II, Clinton County, Ohio.

Served as Senior Project Engineer. The geotechnical exploration was

performed for the relocation construction of the bypass (5.3 miles

of new roadway alignment, 6 bridge structure and 29 culverts),

involving 216 borings, over 4000 feet drilling. Responsibilities

included: selected samples and laboratory test programs, directed

laboratory testing, and reviewed and analyzed laboratory testing

results (direct shear, unconfined compression, one-dimension

consolidation and triaxial strength tests); analysis and

recommendations for subgrade stabilization, stability of

embankment, drive pile foundations; analysis for consolidation

settlement of embankment; analysis and design for MSE wall;

analysis and evaluation for negative skin resistance / downdrag

force in piles due to consolidation of underlying compressible

cohesive soil layers caused by embankment fill; analysis and design

for wick drains; time-dependency analysis of settlement and

consolidation; analysis and design for Tensar Geogrid reinforced

soil slope (RSS) for the embankment, which was too close to the

river so that the horizontal distance was insufficient to maintain

an adequate factor of safety for stability; report writing for

whole project;

. Cleveland Southerly Wastewater Treatment Plant - Biosolids Handling

and Incineration Building, Cleveland, Ohio. Served as Senior

Project Engineer. Responsibilities included: selected samples and

laboratory test programs, directed laboratory testing, and reviewed

and analyzed laboratory testing results (direct shear and one-

dimension consolidation tests); H-pile driven analysis; settlement

and consolidation analysis (amount and time-dependency); negative

skin resistance / downdrag force analysis; residual settlement

reduction/acceleration analysis, recommendations and discussions on

pile capacity; prefabricated vertical (PV) drain analysis;

analysis and development of matrix of hold-time, surcharge, spacing

of prefabricated vertical (PV) drains for cost analysis;

recommendations for field instrumentation (piezometers and

settlement platforms); data analysis and recommendations for

observations of field instrumentation; recommendations for pile

load test; guidelines for construction sequence.

. SUM-8-7.60, Summit County, Ohio. Served as Project Engineer. The

geotechnical exploration was performed for 5.7 miles of major

pavement rehabilitation and shoulder widening, involving 190

borings, over 1500 feet drilling. Responsibilities included:

selected samples and laboratory test programs, directed laboratory

testing, and reviewed and analyzed laboratory testing results

(direct shear, unconfined compression, one-dimension consolidation

and triaxial strength tests); analysis and recommendations for

subgrade stabilization, stability of embankment, driven pile

foundations; analysis and evaluation for negative skin resistance /

downdrag force in piles due to consolidation of underlying

compressible cohesive soil layers caused by embankment fill;

analysis for primary and secondary consolidation settlement for

large areas where highly organic peat was encountered; development

of methodology for differential settlement distribution along

embankment section due to sliver fill for the embankment of

shoulder widening; analysis and design for wick drains; time-

dependency analysis of settlement and consolidation; report writing

for the whole project.

. Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (GCRTA) - East 55th

Street Rapid Transit Station, Cleveland, Ohio. Served as Senior

Project Engineer. Responsibilities included analysis and

recommendations for shallow foundation (bearing capacity and

settlement), deep foundation (driven piles, augered-cast-in-place

piles and drilled shafts), including axial (downward and uplift)

and lateral loading; recommendations for pile group effect

evaluation; pile group settlement estimation based on equivalent

footing concept.

During Phase 2 of the project, mircopile foundation system was

recommended due to areas with low headroom and restrictive access.

Responsibilities included recommendations and analyses for

preliminary designs of single micropiles (axial and lateral) based

on ASD and LFD concepts; recommendations for pile group effect

evaluation and pile group settlement estimation; guidelines for

mciropile verification and proof load tests.

. Summa Health System - Akron City Hospital Campus Improvements.

Served as Senior Project Engineer. Responsibilities included:

selected samples and laboratory test programs, directed laboratory

testing, and reviewed and analyzed laboratory testing results;

analysis and recommendations for shallow foundation (bearing

capacity and settlement) bearing on soils or sound bedrock;

analysis and recommendations for axial and lateral loading, and

settlement estimation for drilled shafts socket into bedrock;

report writing.

. HAM-75-10.10, Hamilton County, Ohio. Served as Senior Project

Engineer. The geotechnical exploration included (1) 6.8 miles of

major pavement rehabilitation (171 borings, over 2000 feet

drilling); (2) 10 retaining walls (60 borings, over 2200 feet

drilling); (3) 14 bridge structures (36 borings, over 2400 feet

drilling). Responsibilities included: selected samples and

laboratory test programs, directed laboratory testing, and reviewed

and analyzed laboratory testing results (one-dimension

consolidation); analysis and recommendations for subgrade

stabilization, shallow foundation (bearing capacity, sliding and

settlement) (LRFD or ASD), driven pile or drilled shaft foundations

(LRFD or ASD); analysis and design for MSE wall (LRFD); report

writing for all 3 projects.

. Greater Ohio Ethanol Facility. Served as Project Engineer.

Responsibilities included: selected samples and laboratory test

programs, directed laboratory testing, and reviewed and analyzed

laboratory testing results; analysis and recommendations for

shallow foundation (bearing capacity and settlement), deep

foundation (driven piles, augered-cast-in-place piles and drilled

shafts), including axial (downward and uplift) and lateral loading;

recommendations for pile group effect evaluation; pile group

settlement estimation based on equivalent footing concept.

During construction stage and contracted separately, served as

Senior Project Engineer, supervised statistic pile load tests (slow

maintained load test, SML), performed test results analysis,

recommended pile ultimate load capacities based on different

criteria and participating in report preparation.

. SUM-8-10.66 - Seasons Road Interchange. Served as Senior Project

Engineer. Geotechnical exploration for pavement rehabilitation and

shoulder widening of State Route 8 as well as ramps and

intersecting roadways (12000 lineal feet) and one culvert

structure, involving 71 borings, over 1500 feet drilling.

Responsibilities included: selected samples and laboratory test

programs, directed laboratory testing, and reviewed and analyzed

laboratory testing results (direct shear, unconfined compression,

one-dimension consolidation and triaxial strength tests on soil

samples); analysis and recommendations for subgrade stabilization,

stability of embankment, driven pile foundations; analysis and

evaluation for negative skin resistance / downdrag force in piles

due to consolidation of underlying compressible cohesive soil

layers caused by embankment fill; analysis for primary and

secondary consolidation settlement for large areas where highly

organic cohesive soils were encountered; analysis and design for

wick drains; analysis of surcharge effect on reducing secondary

settlement (Bjerrum, 1972); time-dependency analysis of settlement

and consolidation; construction recommendations for hold-time,

surcharge and field instrumentation (piezometers and settlement

platforms) in order to reduce the residual settlement after

roadway construction; staged construction recommendations for

areas of which subgrade soils were very weak in undrained shear

strength (pore water pressure readings were critical to determine

the placement rate of embankment fills); report writing for the

whole project.

Research Assistant, School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University

01/2002 ~ 02/2005

4 years - extensive material (hot-mix asphalt mixtures, asphalt binder

and aggregate) testing, data analyzing, planning and conducting of

experiments, modeling experience with focus on quality manufacturing,

performance and durability of asphalt mixtures, mixture design, and

pavement design.

Civil Engineer in Training, Associate Civil Engineer and Civil Engineer,

Southwest Electric Power Design Institute, China 07/1992 ~ 08/2000

8 -years structural and geotechnical design/consulting for industrial

(hydraulic systems of coal power plants, water plants, substations) and

residential projects, from feasibility study stage, preliminary design

stage to construction design stage: design and analysis, design (analysis

and drawing) review, project management, project scheduling and staffing,

specification preparation, inspection of foundation construction,

construction services and coordination with contractors and clients.

Participated and/or took charge of the structural and geotechnical design

tasks of more than 30 big projects, plus more than 2 years' construction

supervision, accumulatively. The design tasks included shallow and deep

foundations, underground, semi-underground and above-ground reinforced

concrete reservoirs, flood-relief channels, multi-layer buildings, cable

tunnels, water conveying tunnels, and other special structures of the

hydraulic system of the coal power plants, water plants and substations,

such as reinforced concrete cooling towers, pumping houses, waterlines,

waste sewers, and machine foundations, etc. As a geotechnical engineer,

the major tasks included (1) topography evaluation and geological

assessment that are used for siting, (2) design recommendations, and

reports for soil stabilization, bearing capacity, foundation

alternatives, groundwater; (3)analysis and design of waterfront slope

stability and stabilization (4) construction considerations for design

and construction of facilities.

Training

. Workshop for Mechanistic-Empirical Design Guide for New and

Rehabilitated Pavement Structures

. Ohio DOT Geotechnical Consultant Workshop for LRFD Design

. Cleveland Tunneling Symposium

. Micro-tunneling Short Course at Colorado School of Mines

Affiliations and Memberships

. ASCE

Computer Skill

. Geoslope; STABL for Windows (PCSTABL based)

. Analysis on Slope Stabilization with Drilled Shaft (Developed by

University of Akron)

. EMBANK

. LPILE; PYGM; DRIVEN; GRLWEAP

. SNAIL (soil nail wall analysis)

Publications and Presentations

. Pellinen, T.K., Huber, G. and Xiao, S. (2008). Assessment of Rutting

Potential of Asphalt Mixture Based on Mixture Resistivity, The 4th

International Gulf Conference on Roads, Doha, Qatar.

. Pellinen, T.K., Xiao, S. and Shah, A. (2008). The Effect of Aging on

Mechanical Properties of Hot-mix Asphalt, International ISAP Symposium

on Asphalt Pavements and Environment, Zurich, Switzerland.

. Pellinen, T. and Xiao, S. (2006). Stiffness of Hot-Mix Asphalt.

FHWA/IN/JTRP-2005/20, Joint Transportation Research Program Project

SPR-2644, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.

. Pellinen, T.K., Xiao, S. and Raval, S. (2006). Dynamic Modulus Testing

of Thin Pavement Cores. Journal of ASTM International (JAI), April

2006 Volume 3, Issue 4.

. Pellinen, T.K. and Xiao, S. (2006). Development of Hot-mix Asphalt

Performance Criteria for Indiana, Journal of the Association of

Asphalt Paving Technologists, Volume 75.

. Pellinen, T.K. and Xiao, S. (2006). Correlation of Stiffness and

Strength of Hot Mix Asphalt, 10th International Conference on Asphalt

Pavements, Qu bec, Canada.

. Pellinen, T.K. and Xiao, S. (2005). Relationship between Triaxial

Shear Strength and Indirect Tensile Strength of Hot Mix Asphalt,

Journal of the Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists, Volume 74.

. Pellinen, T.K., Song, J. and Xiao, S. (2004). Characterization of Hot

Mix Asphalt with Varying Air Voids Content Using Triaxial Shear

Strength Test. 8th Conference on Asphalt Pavements for Southern

Africa.

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